Windows Mail vs Outlook - making default

[Stu]

How can I setup my mail so that when I click on "email...xxxxx..." on web pages, Windows Mail opens and not Outlook Express.

Thanks
Stu

 

[Guest]

How can I setup my mail so that when I click on "email...xxxxx..." on web
pages, Windows Mail opens and not Outlook Express.

Thanks
Stu

Outlook Express won't run under Vista. Windows Mail won't
run under older versions of Windows Mail. Are you sure it
isn't just opening a mislabelled version of one of them?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

What type of computer do you have that is able to run both
Windows Mail and Outlook Express? This should not be possible!

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


How can I setup my mail so that when I click on "email...xxxxx..." on web pages, Windows Mail opens and not Outlook Express.

Thanks
Stu

 

[Bob]

Maybe the OP means Windows Live Mail.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Perhaps, but we definitely need him to clarify his situation.

 

[Stu]

I guess I'm not making myself clear. When "one " is on a web page and there is an email link, (USING VISTA) if I click on that email link Microsoft Outlook wants to open to send my mail. But I don't use Microsoft outlook, I use Windows Mail. So I want to know can I setup my computer so that when I click on that email link again, Windows Mail opens instead of Microsoft Outlook. Thanks
Stu

 

[Dave]

Start - Default Programs - Set your default programs

click on "Windows Mail", then click on "Choose defaults for this program"
make sure all items are checked, especially "MAILTO"
Save

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I guess I'm not making myself clear. When "one " is on a web page and there
is an email link, (USING VISTA) if I click on that email link Microsoft
Outlook wants to open to send my mail. But I don't use Microsoft outlook, I
use Windows Mail. So I want to know can I setup my computer so that when I
click on that email link again, Windows Mail opens instead of Microsoft
Outlook. Thanks


Start | Default Programs | Associate a file or protocol with a specific
program
Scroll to the bottom and make sure MAILTO is set to Windows Mail.

 

[Stu]

thanks to all that answered